Feed-trough.



No. 705,896; Patented July 29, 1902.

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FEED THOUGH'.

(Application tiled Apr. 9, 1902.)

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' @una A Trae/'v5 Ys UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES. WILSON BARNEs, or CnEAvERToN, OREGON.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 705,896, datedJ'uly 29,1902.

I Application iiled April 9, 1902, Serial No. 102,066. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JAMES WILSON BARNES, of Beaverton, in the county ofWashington and State of Oregon, have -invented a new and usefulImprovement in Feed-Troughs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is in the nature of an improved feed-trough designed moreespecially for feeding hogs. Its Objectis `to promote cleanliness andsecure better sanitation by protecting the food from being soiled-bythe' dirt of the hogs feet, to enable the small hogs to feed equallywithout being displaced by the large ones, to keep the hogs from feedinguntil the food is all properly placed in the troughfand to protect theclothing of the person feeding from being soiled by the splashing andcrowding of the hogs.

It consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of a rotaryadjustable trough and rotary adjustable guard-board and means forlocking them in their two positions, as will be hereinafter fullydescribed ywith reference to the accompanying drawings, lin which Figure1 is a front view; Fig. '2, a back view; Fig. 3, a vertical transversesection showing the position of parts when thehogs are feeding, and Fig.4 a similar view showing the position of parts when the food is be-` ingdeposited in the trough.

In the drawings, 14 is a platform on which the hogs stand while feeding.This platform is mounted on end sills 13 13, to which arefalsoy securedthe upright end frames 11 11. These end frames are connected on the sideupon which the hogs feed by a cross-bar 24. p,

L is the trough, which extends from one end frame l1 to the other andvispivotally supported therein by removable pins or trunnions 7 7 at thecenter of. its ends, so as to have a half-rotation from the positionshown in Fig.v 3 to the dotted position shown in Fig. 4. When in theposition shown inFig. 3, the front edge of the trough rests against andis stopped by the front board 24 in position for the hogs to feed, andwhen turned to the dotted position shownv in Fig. 4 the trough is madeto discharge its contents and may be washed out clean. The trough isdivided transversely into compartments by bars 8, which give space foreach hog to feed withing 'all the way to the bottom. This is toholdwater.

Just above the trough there is arranged a guard-board 5, which ispivotally supported at the middle' of the ends on pins 21 in the endframes and is adapted to be turned about 4its horizontal axis, so as toopen the trough to the hogs side when feeding or cut off the trough fromthe hogs and permit the person feeding or cleaning the trough to haveuninterrupted control of the same, as shown in Fig. 4.

For holding the trough and guard-board in theirtwo positions thefollowing devices are employed: A top cross bar 12 is connected to thetops of the two end frames 11 and near the middle has two blocks 23 23,between which is pivot-ed a gravity-latch 15, whose shouldered end hangsdown past the crossbar 12. On the back side of the trough there isrigidly fixed an upwardly projecting notched arm 3, which both serves asa handle to turn the trough by and also a locking-arm vwith which thereengages a spring-latch 4 on the guard-board. When the trough is disposedin the position shown in Fig. 3 for feeding, the spring-latch 4 locksbehind the notch of the arm 3 and holds the parts in this position,andwhen the trough and guard-board vare in the position shown inFig. 4then the guard-boardis caught and heldby the gravity-latch 15, so as tocut oif access of the hogs IOO vided with a swinging guard-boardarranged to pass from one side of the trough to the other, and I make nobroad claim to this.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. Afeed-trough comprising a trough hung upon pivots at the center ofits ends so as to have a rotary adjustment, and a guard hung aboutpivots at the middle of its ends immediately above the trough, so as tobe reversible, said trough and guard having locking devices coperatingwith each other to hold the parts in their proper positions substanftially as described.

2. A feed-trough, comprisinga trough hung about centers at its ends, soas to have a rotary adjustment, and having also a projecting arm actingas a manipulating-handle and also as a locking device, and a guard hungabout centers at its ends above the trough and having a spring-latchengaging the locking-arm of the trough substantially as described.

3. Afeed-trough, comprising a trough hung about centers at its endsso asto have a rotary adjustment and having also a projecting arm acting as amanipulating-handle and also as a locking device, a guard hung aboutcenters at its ends above the trough and having a spring-latch engagingthe locking-arm ofthe trough, upright end frames with a cross-bar at thetop, and a gravitycatch on said crossbar adapted to engage and hold theguard substantially as described.

4. A feed-trough comprising a platform 14 with sills 13, 13, upright endframes 11, 11, mounted thereon and having cross-bar 12 at the top andlower cross-bar 24 at the bottom next to the platform, a trough hung ona horizontal axis between the end frames, and a guard board also hungbetween the end frames on a horizontal axis, and locking devices forholding the trough and guard in two positions as described.

JAMES VILSON BARNES.

